carnal knowledge
noun- to have carnal knowledge of someone
- to knock a woman, to have carnal knowledge of her1785, [Francis Grose], “Knock”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S[amuel] Hooper, […], →OCLC:
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- The legal definition of rape, is the carnal knowledge of a woman by force, and against her will. The carnal knowledge of a child, under ten years of age, with or without her consent, is considered rape.1836, Michael Ryan, A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence, 2nd edition, London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, page 309:
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- carnal commerce, know someone in the biblical sense